Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1935

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1935 were Mary for girls (2,412 babies) and James for boys (2,849). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 71,908 babies born in North Carolina in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1935

Names given at least 15 times in North Carolina that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Johnsie: 21 babies, 21.5× the national rate
Pattie: 34 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Nannie: 53 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Pansy: 33 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Peggie: 27 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Betsy: 59 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Doretha: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Maude: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Annie: 689 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maggie: 98 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Haywood: 35 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Bernice: 24 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Lacy: 31 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Linwood: 45 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Jasper: 45 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Wade: 69 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Everette: 27 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Graham: 23 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Thurman: 51 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Grady: 88 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Mary	2,412	–	1
2	Shirley	1,844	↑6	2
3	Betty	1,683	↓1	4
4	Barbara	1,021	–	3
5	Dorothy	807	↓2	6
6	Annie	689	↑1	38
7	Margaret	679	↑2	8
8	Doris	662	↓3	13
9	Peggy	660	↓3	36
10	Nancy	574	↑2	9
11	Helen	485	↓1	10
12	Martha	475	↑2	24
13	Frances	467	↓2	19
14	Joyce	402	↑3	12
15	Ruth	376	↑4	15
16	Mildred	368	↓1	35
17	Elizabeth	367	↓1	17
18	Ruby	362	↓5	41
19	Virginia	359	↓1	16
20	Carolyn	327	↑5	28
21	Sarah	303	↓1	61
22	Patricia	299	↑4	5
23	Evelyn	291	↓2	31
24	Alice	284	–	25
25	Edna	265	↓3	67
26	Jean	265	↓3	18
27	Clara	238	↑5	81
28	Hazel	233	↓1	92
29	Lois	212	↓1	21
30	Louise	210	↓1	45
31	Patsy	201	↑13	56
32	Emma	200	↑3	89
33	Thelma	193	↓3	76
34	Catherine	188	↑5	42
35	Rosa	187	↑1	>100
36	Lillie	186	↓3	>100
37	Ann	181	–	30
38	Gladys	179	↓7	78
39	Edith	175	↑3	87
40	Sylvia	174	new	60
41	Willie	174	↑2	99
42	Geraldine	169	↓1	40
43	Margie	169	new	100
44	Ethel	168	↓6	82
45	Bessie	163	↑2	>100
46	Norma	162	new	29
47	Ella	160	↓7	>100
48	Marie	160	–	33
49	Mattie	159	new	>100
50	Rachel	158	↓1	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	James	2,849	–	2
2	William	1,814	–	4
3	Robert	1,576	–	1
4	John	1,321	–	3
5	Charles	1,143	–	6
6	Bobby	928	–	24
7	George	641	↑2	8
8	Billy	615	↓1	19
9	Thomas	586	↓1	9
10	David	584	↑2	11
11	Donald	520	–	7
12	Willie	513	↓2	30
13	Richard	470	↑1	5
14	Joseph	461	↓1	10
15	Joe	427	↑6	25
16	Harold	377	–	20
17	Jerry	361	↑7	22
18	Edward	343	↓3	13
19	Jimmy	335	↑3	47
20	Paul	333	↓3	14
21	Henry	327	↑2	27
22	Walter	309	↓4	23
23	Kenneth	307	↓3	15
24	Jack	305	↓5	18
25	Roy	285	↑4	40
26	Ralph	262	↑2	32
27	Frank	248	↓2	16
28	Charlie	235	↓2	100
29	Carl	227	↑1	28
30	Fred	222	↑3	34
31	Larry	211	↑15	33
32	Clarence	205	–	48
33	Raymond	195	↑9	17
34	Howard	194	↑3	39
35	Jimmie	187	↑6	69
36	Clyde	184	↑4	82
37	Ray	184	↑6	64
38	Samuel	184	↓4	62
39	Johnny	182	↓3	74
40	Earl	172	↓9	46
41	Ernest	168	↓2	55
42	Eugene	166	↓7	26
43	Marvin	162	↑2	45
44	Albert	161	↓6	31
45	Leroy	150	↑2	50
46	Johnnie	148	new	>100
47	Arthur	147	↑1	29
48	Harry	147	new	37
49	Franklin	143	↓22	71
50	Ronald	140	↓1	12

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